Women's Tennis - Archives 2017-18

Columbia battled and competed against one of the nation's top teams but in the end, couldn't overcome a a slow start and early deficit in dropping a 5-2 decision to Kentucky Saturday afternoon at Dick Savitt Tennis Center. The loss drops Columbia to 5-3 in dual matches, while Kentucky improves to 5-2 overall.

The Columbia women's tennis team hosts Kentucky on Saturday at Dick Savitt Tennis Center. First-serve is at noon. Fans can watch a live feed of each court on the Ivy League Digital Network at this link. A match program is available at this link.

First-year Columbia women's tennis player Jennifer Kerr was named the recipient of the 2018 Evelyn Houseman Lifetime Junior Sportsmanship Award, announced in January by the Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA). Kerr was presented with the honor at the SCTA banquet held on February 5 at UCLA's Los Angeles Tennis Center Straus Clubhouse.

Trailing 3-2, first-year Christie Wan and junior Andrea Kevakian won back-to-back come-from-behind singles victories to lead Columbia to a 4-3 victory against Penn Sunday morning in its final ECAC Women's Indoor Championship match at Princeton. With the win, Columbia improves to 5-2 overall in dual matches and finishes the ECAC Championships with a successful 2-1 record.

Columbia battled from behind to claim a 5-2 women's tennis decision at Penn State Friday at the Indoor Tennis Center. With the win, Columbia improves to 3-1 on the year, while Penn State suffered its first loss of the year and drops to 3-1

The Columbia women's tennis team travels to State College to compete against Penn State in a dual match Friday at 4 p.m. The match will be played at Penn State's Indoor Tennis Center. Live scoring for the event can be found at this link.

The Columbia women's tennis team dropped a closely contested 5-2 decision at Syracuse Sunday afternoon at the Drumlins Country Club. With the loss, Columbia drops to 2-1 overall in dual matches, while Syracuse improves to 3-0.

Columbia opened its spring 2018 season with back-to-back victories over Rhode Island (7-0) and Saint Peter¿s (7-0) in a women¿s tennis doubleheader Friday at Dick Savitt Tennis Center. With the two victories, Columbia head coach Ilene Weintraub CC¿02 became the first coach in school history to win 100 career dual matches. She is already the winningest coach in program history. The day also marked Weintraub¿s birthday as the team celebrated with cake after the matches.

The Columbia women's tennis team opens its spring 2018 season with a doubleheader on Friday when it hosts Rhode Island and Saint Peter's Friday at Dick Savitt Tennis Center. Columbia will take on Rhode Island at 11 a.m., then host Saint Peter's at 4 p.m. in back-to-back dual matches.